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Method and System for Using Intersecting Electronic Horizons

US 10,783,775 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 22, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 26, 2018 as application 16/232,690 · Granted Sep 22, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 22, 2024
2010 2030
Clock starts
Oct 8, 2010
No longer in force
Sep 22, 2024
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Term would have run to
Oct 8, 2030
base term after the term ends Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,799,216, to Oct 8, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Oct 8, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 8, 2010, when application 12/900,780, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 26, 2018)Oct 8, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,799,216)resolves to Oct 8, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 22, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 22, 2024High confidence

This family

US 8,717,192In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
US 9,330,564Lapsed on the fee record
May 2024
May 2024
US 9,799,216In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 10,198,940In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 10,783,775this patent
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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